Car-seat.



No. 670,I90. Patented Mar. 19, I90I. H. WITTE.

CAB SEAT.

(Application led Dec. 17, 1900.) (N n M ud sl me Nonfus PETERS co, moro-uma. msmuafou, uA c.

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HUBERT WITTE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE ST. LOUIS CAR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR=S EAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,190, dated March 19, 1901.

Application tiled December 17, 1900. Serial No, 40,065. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: The pinions 12,working in the racks 13, cause 55 Be it known that I, HUBERT WITTE, a citithe cushion to be tilted as the back is rezen of the United States, residing in the city versed to suit the position of the back. of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have in- I claim as my invention- 5 vented certain new and useful Improvements 1. In a car-seat, the combination of a frame,

in Oar-Seats7 of which the following is a full, aback provided with brackets, links provided 6o clear, and exact description, reference being with slots and pivoted to the frame and having had to the accompanying' drawings, forming slot-and-pin connections with the brackets, part of this specification. levers pivoted to the frame and to the brack- Io This invention relates to certain improveets, and pins carried by the levers and fitting ments in walk-over car-seats; and it conin slots in the links and in the frame, sub- 65 sists in features of novelty hereinafter fully stantially as set forth. described, and pointed out in the claims. 2. In a car-seat, the combination ofaframe,

Figure I is a vertical transverse section of a back provided with brackets, links provided I5 the seat, taken on line I I, Fig. II. Fig. II is with slots and pivoted to the frame and to the a detail vertical longitudinal section taken on brackets, levers pivoted to the frame, and to 7o line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a detail horizonthe brackets, and pins carried by the levers tal section taken on line III III, Fig. I. Fig. and fitting in slots formed in the links, sub- IV is a perspective view of one of the reversstantially as set forth.

2o ing-levers. Eig. V is a perspective view of 3. Inacar-seat, the combination ofaframe,

one of the reversing-links. a back provided with brackets, links provided 75 But one end of the seat is shown, the other with slots and pivoted to the frame and having end being a duplicate thereof. slot-and-pin connection with the brackets, a

1 represents the framework of the seat, 2 through-shaft, levers pivoted to the frame by z 5 the back, and 3 the cushion. The back has means of the through-shaft and the upper ends downwardly-extending end brackets 4. of which are pivoted to the brackets, and pins 8o At each end of the seat there is a link 5, carried by the levers and fitting in slots pivoted to the frame of the seat at 6 and the formed in the links, substantially as set forth.

lower end of which has a slot-and-pin connec- 4. In a car-seat, the combination of a frame,

3o tion 7 with the bracket 4. The middle part aback provided with brackets, links provided of the link is widened out and provided with with slots and pivoted to the frame and to the 85 a slot 8 to permit the passage of a shaft or rod brackets,a through-shaft,levers`pivoted to the 9, that is journaled in the ends of the frame brackets and secured at their lower ends to of the seat. the shaft pivoted in the frame, pinions car- 35 At each end of the seat is a lever 10, pivried by the levers, cushion-supporting racks oted to the bracket 4 at 11 and the lower end engaging said pinions, and pins carried by 9o of which is provided with a pinion 12, that the levers and fitting in slots formed in the engages a rack 13, that carries one end of the links, substantially as set forth. cushion 3, the rack resting on the cross-pieces 5. In a car-seat, the combination of a frame,

4o 14 of the frame of the seat, as usual. The aback provided with brackets, links provided lower ends of the levers 10 receive the-shaft with slots and pivoted to the frame and having 95 9 and are secured thereto. The levers being slot-and-pin connection with the brackets, 1ethus connected by the shaft cause the back vers pivoted to the brackets, and to the frame, to move without twisting when the force is a pin carried by the levers and fitting in slots 45 exerted to one side of the middle of the back. formed in the links and in the frame of the The levers carry pins l5, that fit in slots 16, seat, and cushion-supporting racks; said leroo made in the links 5, and the inner ends of vers being provided with pinions engagingthe the pins fit in curved slots 17, made in the cushion-supportingracks,substantiallyas set ends of the frame of the seat. As the back forth.

5o is reversed the pins 15 move in the slots 16 and 17 and the pins 7 move in their slots, the ar- HUBERT WITTE' rangement providing a construction thatis in- In presence ofexpensive to make and which works smoothly E. S. KNIGHT,

and easily and is not liable to get out of order. GEORGE J. KRUSCH. 

